IFFK 2021 - Personal Watchlist

Two undercover cops who go in search of a fugitive enter another dimension occupied by uncivilized residents who are crass and rude. There, the two men get stuck in an apparent time loop as inexplicable events begin to occur.

After his father's disappearance, eight-year-old Dighu seeks refuge from loneliness in his imagination and diary entries.

Four high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.

When 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams, who opens his eyes to a new horizon of friendship, art and sexual bliss.

An irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her.

A young woman suddenly disappears, leaving her husband and son in disarray.

Kosa, a young tribal boy who lives with his family in the dense forested heartlands of India, is picked up by the local police one day.

When her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to reservoir construction, an 80-year-old widow finds a new will to live and ignites the spirit of resilience within her community.

In Sanskrit, Maya means magic or illusion upon which the universe is woven. Protagonist, Maya refers to the wider mystery of the universe and its masterful manipulation with the human minds. The mystic story unravels in a Himalayan climb.

An aspiring script writer narrating his plots over booze to his 4 flat-mates.

Set in Kanjahad, film narrates through the day before a traditional marriage engagement party Suja and Laxmikanth, fixed by Suja's father against her wishes.

Kora and his brother Onan gather four men to go on a gaur hunt in order to make some quick money. Their journey progresses through their dreams, desires, fears, fantasies and struggles.Distanced from their families and loved ones, sharing stories help them remember and appreciate their inescapable pasts and make bonds. When the real and imagined nature turn out to be larger than their will and strength could handle, they learn the harsh realities of the endeavor they have taken up.

A family and the various situations navigated by a husband and wife.

Razia, who belongs from a conservative town of Kerala, lives happily with her family. During her final year semester, Razia and her friends discuss their desires where she unveils her one wish to fulfill before the end of her student life.

A couple in Kerala, India, are on their way to a doctor's clinic to confirm a suspected pregnancy. Tension builds during the ride as the two discuss their future and how to handle the changes in their lives.

Karie means Black. While there are tonal variations in culture across the southern multicultural, multi-religious Indian state called Kerala, one thing that remains unchanged is the caste system. Caste is the dangerous villain that creates irreparable damage to the social fabric and ostracizes individuals based on their skin tone. Karie explores the intricacies and power equations in the grim caste system in the form of the dialects and subtle language nuances influenced by caste. The film travels through the village with two men whose mission is to conduct a ritual on behalf of their colleague who works abroad.

In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a boy while teaching wisdom and compassion through experience and endless exercises.

A donkey strays into a village dominated by the upper caste Brahmins.

Gentle basket seller Poochiyappa has big dreams of social mobility for his grandson, Kumaresan, whose parents died years ago in a caste riot that shook their village. When Vellaiyan, Poochi's beneficent but easily ruffled landlord, instructs him to find a choice pig-or "seththumaan", whose meat is fetishized among local gourmands, or denigrated by caste conservatives-Poochi and little Kumaresan get busy. However, once pork and drink go down, tempers flare up, and Poochi must avoid getting caught up in the acerbic hostilities that consume his dominant caste overlords.

Zhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from Ukraine, works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a guru-like figure in a wealthy gated community of his clients.

Kumaran, an avid student, is influenced by the reformer Narayana Guru. Grown up, he is an established poet. He marries his former student Bhanumathi despite certain objections. He rises as a great poet before his accidental death.